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Category: Ye Olde Snippets

Ye Olde Snippets: Bismarck’s Secret to Good Diplomacy

“The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.”

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Ye Olde Snippets: Age Is Just A Stereotype

The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.

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Ye Olde Snippets: Even God’s Work Has Room for Improvement

Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.

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Ye Olde Snippets: There’s No Place Like Rome

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one.

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Ye Olde Snippets: President Ike’s Chance for Peace

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This is not a way of life, in any true sense.”

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